May 21, 2013
See The Mill's painstaking muscle and skin simulation work on its new ad for animal rights charity PETA. Read More »
May 1, 2013
New videos show the work-in-progress previz and VFX tool in use within both Maya and Softimage. Read More »
March 27, 2013
Watch demos of the new camera sequencer, ICE and Syflex options - and lots of videos about CrowdFX. Read More »
March 22, 2013
Developer aims to allow "every single 3D app" to process render jobs in the cloud on up to 128 GPUs. Read More »
March 12, 2013
Updated: LW version of the GPU-based renderer enters open beta. Check out some nice new videos. Read More »
February 28, 2013
Watch the tool in use to switch between camera views and trim and sequence animation clips. Read More »
February 26, 2013
New version of the facial motion-capture retargeting system to debut at GDC 2013 next month. Read More »
January 24, 2013
Lots of free tutorials for 3ds Max and Maya, but only a couple for Mudbox, MotionBuilder and Softimage. Read More »
January 14, 2013
If you're using one of the last three releases, at any rate. Some SRPs and maintenance prices also up. Read More »
December 5, 2012 | 6 comments
Dell's mid-range pro workstation packs a punch. Jason Lewis tests it alongside HP's high-end Z820. Read More »
November 28, 2012
Standalone version of the physically based GPU renderer finally ships to join the 3ds Max and Maya plugins. Read More »
October 25, 2012 | 1 comment
HP's top-of-the-range Z820 is a beast, particularly for rendering. Jason Lewis benchmarks it here. Read More »
October 1, 2012
Check out a tree generator created with the next-gen tool development platform's new C++ API. Read More »
September 24, 2012
Innovative real-time image-based lighting tool enables users to 'paint' highlights directly onto 3D models. Read More »
September 20, 2012
Leading automated facial animation tool gets new pricing structure, new FBX pipeline for Unity and Blender. Read More »
September 17, 2012
Lyouta Koduka's intriguing tool for 'sculpting' Maya, Softimage and 3ds Max simulations enters free beta. Read More »
September 10, 2012
Updated: Open-source physically based render engine for Blender, 3ds Max, Cinema 4D and Softimage hits 'official' release. Read More »
September 5, 2012 | 7 comments
Both teams affected, but end of life rumours "totally false". Updated with further commentary from Autodesk. Read More »
August 28, 2012 | 5 comments
Still pining for Naiad? This highly scalable, Alembic-supporting tool could be exactly what you need. Read More »
August 14, 2012 | 1 comment
See the particle-meshing plugin melt the Stanford bunny model into a puddle of multicoloured glop. Read More »